"Wealth Inequality in America" and "People like Us (Teaser)"

The “Wealth Inequality in America” video made me look at the world in a different way. I never really gave much thought on how America’s wealth was distributed. I always thought of the rich as having a lot of money and the poor as individuals that are working hard to survive. It is very sad to hear that there is an “ideal” way of how wealth should be distributed and a “what Americans think” how wealth should be distributed. However, neither the “ideal” nor “what Americans think” is the ACTUAL way wealth is distributed. It is shocking to hear that the top 1 percent has 40 percent of America’s wealth. The top 1 percent is the one that owns 50 percent of stock, bonds, and etc. This is not fair! I know that the wealthy work very hard for their money, but it is depressing to know that while a person is having a great day shopping another is dying because they have nothing to eat. I wish there could be a way to distribute the nation’s wealth in a way that everyone benefits, but that is impossible. The “People like Us (teaser)” was an interesting video that said nothing but the truth. It is true that people are classified to a specific class by the way a person styles his or her hair. What a person wears is also a major factor when classifying an individual to a particular class.  I don’t think it’s fair to judge a person by what he or she is wearing because maybe they are very wealthy but enjoy dressing casually. Looks do not always give a person the right answer about where the person falls in the spectrum of social class. I have thought of social class in the past, but I never really knew how much money the rich actually have versus the poor. I am very surprised how skewed most people’s understandings of wealth distribution in America actually is. I am surprised because my understanding was also skewed. I thought wealth was a little more evenly distributed than how it actually is. This made me realize that I need to pay more attention to what is going on in America. Lastly, social class does have an impact on the values and views of people. For example, a person who is very wealthy wants their children to receive the best education possible. They will register their kids in private schools, so they will be ready to go to Harvard when the time comes. A wealthy person has their own fashion sense. There are specific outfits they can only wear that are accepted in their social class. On the other hand, people that belong to middle class will allow their children to go to public school because it’s what they can afford. They also will buy their clothes in stores that are not too expensive. Social class is a very important subject to be aware of because we are all part of one social class.